FRENCH
If you're jewelry shopping, you may want to know that this precious metal is platine
platinum
This Finnish city is the most northerly capital in continental Europe
Helsinki
This traditional dish of England is simply deep-fried fillets & fries
fish & chips
It's the part of a river where you'd find the delta
the mouth
Versions of this instrument have been made with valves instead of a slide
trombone
The French call this country L'Afrique du Sud
South Africa
Its sheltered harbor lies less than 100 miles south of Key West, Florida
Havana
The Japanese typically begin a meal with this dish of sliced raw fish served with ginger or horseradish
sashimi
Glaciers don't have a cow, but they do have one of these when a chunk breaks off
a calf
The contra type of this instrument is the lowest-pitched member of the woodwind family
bassoon
If you want to know this, say "Quelle heure est-il?"
What time is it?
Once the capital of the British East Africa protectorate, it's been Kenya's capital since 1963
Nairobi
In addition to anchovies, a salade nicoise contains this fish
tuna
Mafic magma is thought to originate in this solid layer beneath the earth's crust
the mantle
In a 1961 record Johnny Cash called this stringed instrument a "Tennessee flat-top box"
guitar
To find this on a train, ask, "Ou est le wagon-restaurant?"
the dining car
Afghanistan's parliament is housed in the Dar Ol-Aman Palace in this city
Kabul
Conger eel, whiting & red mullet are traditional ingredients in this French stew
bouillabaisse
It's the term for the crater formed by a volcano that has exploded & collapsed
a caldera
Powered by steam & used on riverboats, this keyboard instrument's sound can carry over 10 miles
calliope
"S'il vout plait, cesser de fumer" means would you please stop doing this
smoking
This capital & largest city of Antigua & Barbuda shares its name with Newfoundland's capital
St. John's
A Spanish appetizer, croquetitas de camarones are fried croquettes of this shellfish
shrimp
This region of Northwest Italy has lent its name to any large expanse of land at the foot of a mountain
Piedmont
Sebastien Erard perfected a pedal device in the 19th century to raise the pitch of its strings by 1 or 2 half-steps
the harp